Recent Presentations

NOTE: Presentations published in the conference proceedings are listed as Publications.

“An Empirical Study of Internet Usage, Online Shopping, and Online Banking Behavior of Turkish University Students,” with Nursel S. Ruzgar and Bahadtin Ruzgar, to be presentated at the International Trade and Finance Association's Eighteenth International Conference, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008.

"Utilization and Experience of Small and Medium Sized Companies with Web-based Technologies:  Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries,”  with Hormoz Movassaghi, to be presented at at the International Trade and Finance Association's Eighteenth International Conference, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008.

“Predicting Bankruptcies Using Rough Set Approach: The Case of Turkish Banks,” with Nursel S. Ruzgar and Bahadtin Ruzgar, to be presentated at the American Conference on Applied Mathematics held at Harvard University,  March 24-26, 2008. 

“Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey: An Analysis of Growth and Distribution by Economic Sectors with Special Focus on Agribusiness,” with Dr. Erdogan Gunes, International Trade and Finance Association, 17th International Conference, held in Miami, May 16-20, 2007.

“FDI and Micro Credit as Engines for Promoting Growth of Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Selected Emerging Economies,” with Raquib Zaman, International Trade and Finance Association, 17th International Conference, held in Miami, May 16-20, 2007.

"The European Union and Its Enlargement; The Challenges Ahead," with Zaman, R., 57th Annual Meeting of the New York State Economic Association, Ithaca, NY October 8-9, 2004.

"Student Online Purchasing Behavior: A Comparison of American and Turkish Student Samples," with Ruzgar, N.S., EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, July 6-10, 2003.

"Investment Development Path Hypothesis and the Stages of Economic Development," with Zaman, R., 14th Annual Meeting of the Association for Global Business, Las Vegas, November 21-24. One-page abstract publisehd in the Proceedings of the Associaiton for Global Business, Vol. 13, p. 178 (2002).

"Electronic Commerce: The Impact on Retailing," accepted for presentation at Retailing Conference co-sponsored by the Eindhoven University of Technollogy of theNetherlands and the European Institute of Retailing and Services, Heidelberg, German, August 2002.

"The Impact of Western MNCs Direct Investment Strategies on the Trade Balances of Host Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Central & East European Countries," with Movassaghi, H. & Zaman, R., 12th International Conference of the International Trade & Finance Association, Bangkok, Thailand, May 29-June 2 (2002).